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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service

Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works

The Listening Service: Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams

Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams

BBC Radio 3 - The Listening Service, Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams

Tom Service on one of Vaughan Williams' most spellbinding pieces of music.

Tom Service experiences musical time travel as he listens to "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with its magical interplay of ancient and modern.

And film music expert Neil Brand examines how this and other classical adagios have been used to great effect in Hollywood blockbusters.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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